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Abstract readability: Evidence from top-5 economics journals

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  • Rodriguez, Belicia
  • Huynh, Kim P.
  • Jacho-Chávez, David T.
  • Sánchez-Aragón, Leonardo

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Readability is a measure of how easy it is to read a text. Over time, general-interest journals have become more technical. This affects how accessible research is to a general audience. Our analysis looks at how readable abstracts are. We study the readability of abstracts of top five economics journals between 2000–2019. We collect the characteristics of the abstracts, papers, and authors of these papers. We find that abstracts with higher proportion of women co-authors are more readable. These results are robust to various readability measures and model specifications.

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  • Rodriguez, Belicia & Huynh, Kim P. & Jacho-Chávez, David T. & Sánchez-Aragón, Leonardo, 2024. "Abstract readability: Evidence from top-5 economics journals," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:235:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524000259
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111541
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    Keywords

    Flesch–Kincaid; Readability; Lasso;
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    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation

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